Can Chinese media rule the airwaves?

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:32:43 -0700

At a time when many Western media outlets are contracting, Chinese media outlets are expanding, rapidly.

Successful Chinese noodling

Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:47:05 -0700

Hollywood remakes of Asian movies are nothing new, but a Chinese redo of an American movie is rare. Case in point: "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop," based on the Coen brothers' 1984 "Blood Simple." Zhang Yimou, China's most important filmmaker, moves the action from modern Texas...

Travelin' in Time: Early Chinese pioneers faced hardships in the gold fields

Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:46:00 -0700

When the news of the California Gold Rush reached China, the Chinese, like other people from around the world, were attracted to the lure of gold. They came here during the 1850s to find gold, make a quick fortune, and return home to China, or, earn enough money to pay off their debts and support their families who still lived in China.